Russia Mystified by Wave of Bomb Threats
The false alarms have been blamed on Ukrainian terrorists, ISIS, ultra-Orthodox fanatics, even Russian security. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Watch List Findings: Sept. 16, 2017
What follows are the preliminary findings for issues identified in the daily Watch Lists this week. We are only sending findings that we regard as significant or potentially significant to keep this list manageable. We have findings for all the Watch List items. Should you be interested in findings not listed here, please contact us and we will...
New Appointments Give Clues on Trump’s European Policy
Language English Chroniques américaines As European leaders are poised to meet again with the American president next week during the UN General Assembly (Sept.12-25, 2017), they will probably harbor the same interrogations that have plagued them since Donald Trump’s election: what is the President’s European policy? During the...
Kleptocracy Daily: September 12, 2017
Russia is using anonymous companies and smuggling networks to undercut U.S. sanctions on North Korea. Pyongyang is also trying to acquire cryptocurrencies to dodge sanctions. (WaPo, Bloomberg) Spain is investigating the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Luxembourg for money laundering. (NYT) Rep. Ed Royce, Chairman of the House Foreign...
Europe seen from Ukraine
A strong Europe needs a strong Ukraine …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
What about Pensions?
Economy Judging by his statements, President Vladimir Putin does not plan to retire any time soon. Yet many of his potential voters are worried about their own retirement prospects. Will their pensions be sizeable and reliable? At what age can Russians count on receiving them? During a televised call-in show held in mid-June, the president left...
Political Elite Renewal in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
Invitation Only Research Event 2 Oct 2017 – 14:00 to 15:30Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Cristina Gherasimov, Academy Robert Bosch Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House …read more Source: Chatham...
A UN Mission for Ukraine’s Donbas?
Russia’s proposal for a UN peacekeeping mission in Donbas must be taken seriously. It could provide momentum for more meaningful Minsk process negotiations. …read more Source: Carnegie...
Judy Asks: Is Ukraine Losing Its Way?
A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world. …read more Source: Carnegie...
Where is Home? The Paradoxes and Potential of the Latvian diaspora
Rita Laima’s new memoir, Skylarks & Rebels, chronicles her unique personal story, and in so doing, captures the trajectory of Latvian history and grapples with the crises of identity faced by all exiles and émigrés. Laima was born in the United States to Latvian parents who were forced to flee their country’s postwar Soviet...
